Andrea Hannos (born May 8, 1973) is a former Canadian professional road and track racing cyclist who first entered sport in track and field, specializing in the long and triple jump. She attended high school at Little Flower Academy in Vancouver, BC, and graduated in 1991 after winning the triple jump event at the BC high school track and field provincial championships."bctfa.ca/historicalresults" She then went on to compete in track and field for the Kajaks Track & Field Club and the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds while earning a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology. She placed ninth in the triple jump at the 1995 Canadian Track and Field Championships in Montreal."The Toronto Star July 17, 1995" Later, as a collegiate cyclist, she attended Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, obtaining a Master of Science degree in biology.
Hannos first raced her bike in 1996 and a year later was selected by Cycling Canada for the 1997 Tour Cycliste Féminin, the women's version of the Tour de France. She represented Canada at the 1998 XVI Commonwealth GamesComplete Book of the Commonwealth Games, Graham Groom, Oct. 17, 2017" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was the only Canadian cyclist to compete in four events—the road race, individual time trial, individual pursuit and points race. In the points race, she won the final sprint to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place but, after tie-breaking procedures, officially finished in sixth place.
Hannos has many career wins including gold in the criterium at the 2002 Canadian National Road Cycling Championships,"canadiancyclist.com/dailynews August 2002 one of ten career Canadian national championship medals. She notably finished third overall in general classification (GC) at the 2002 Redlands Bicycle Classic in California."McGann Publishing's Bike Race Results 2002"
Coached by her father, Sandor (Alex) Hannos, an accomplished cyclist originally from Hungary, Hannos often trained and raced with her younger sister."The Province, June 6, 1997" In 1998, the sisters were recruited by Midwestern State University and offered athletic scholarships to race for the school cycling team. Over the next few years, the sisters won a total of nine US collegiate national championship (division I) events on the road and on the velodrome for Midwestern State University."usacycling.org National Championship Results 1999""usacycling.org National Championship Results 2000-2004" Both sisters also raced for the American cycling team, Verizon Wireless, in 2001."canadiancyclist.com/dailynews May 29, 2001"
Hannos retired from professional cycling at the end of 2004 after racing three seasons for the UCI team Équipe Cycliste RONA"cyclingnews.com/teams/2004/equipe-cycliste-rona" from Québec. In 2011, she helped manage the Vancouver-based Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes Women's Cycling Team alongside mountain bike cross country Olympic silver medalist, Alison Sydor."cyclingnews.com/news January 2011
Major results
1996 1st - Tour de White Rock (White Rock, BC)
1997 1st - Tour de White Rock"The Review, Richmond, Internet Edition June 1997" (White Rock, BC) 3rd - Bastion Square Grand Prix Criterium"canadiancyclist.com/dailynews June 1997" (Victoria, BC) 4th - Canadian National Championship, Road, Road Race, Elite (Rouyn-Noranda, QC) 6th - Canadian National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite (Rouyn-Noranda, QC) 1st - Prologue; 5th - General Classification, Tour of Willamette (Eugene, OR) 15th - General Classification, GP Feminin International du Canada"canadiancyclist.com/dailynews Sept 1997" (Québec)
1998 3rd - Canadian National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite (Vancouver, BC) 2nd - Pursuit; 2nd - Points Race, Canadian National Track Cycling Championships (Victoria, BC) 4th - Prologue; 5th - Stages 2 & 4; 15th - General Classification, Tour de Bretagne Féminin (Brittany, France) 8th - Pursuit; 10th - Points Race, UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Victoria, BC) 9th - Pursuit; 12th - Points Race, UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Hyères, France) 6th - Points Race; 8th - Pursuit; 9th - ITT; 12th - Road Race, XVI Commonwealth GamesNews Sept 1998" (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
1999 3rd - Canadian National Championship, Road, Criterium, Elite"cyclingnews.com/results June 1999" (Sherbrooke, QC) 2nd - Pursuit, Canadian National Track Cycling Championships (Calgary, AB) 1st - Team Time Trial, US Collegiate Road Cycling Championships"usacycling.org National Championship Results" (Greenville, SC) 1st - La Primavera Lago Vista Bike Race (Lago Vista, TX) 13th - Pursuit; 19th Points Race, UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Frisco, TX) 11th - Pursuit; 11th Points Race, UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy) 52nd - General Classification, Holland Ladies Tour"dewielersite.net Holland Ladies Tour Results 1999 (Netherlands)
2000 2nd - Canadian National Championship, Road, Criterium, Elite"cycling news.com July 2000" (Peterborough, ON) 2nd - Pursuit; 2nd - Points Race, Canadian National Track Cycling Championships (Bromont, QC) 1st - Road Race; 1st - Team Time Trial, US Collegiate Road Cycling Championships"usacycling.org National Championship Results" (Athens, OH) 1st - Individual Pursuit; 1st - 500m Time Trial; 1st - Italian Pursuit, USA Collegiate Track Cycling Championships"usacycling.org National Championship Results" (Frisco, TX) 1st - HotterN’ Hell Hundred Road Race"canadiancyclist.com/dailynews August 2000 (Wichita Falls, TX)
2001 2nd - Canadian National Championship, Road, Criterium, Elite (Dieppe, NB) 7th - Prologue; 6th - Stage 4; 13th - General Classification, Tour of Willamette"cyclingnews.com/results April 2001 (Eugene, OR) 6th - US Postal Service Clarendon Cup"cyclingnews.com/results June 2001 (Arlington, VA) 5th - Road Race, Nature Valley Grand Prix (Minneapolis, MN) 8th - Tour of Somerville"canadiancyclist.com/dailynews May 2001" (Somerville, NJ) 5th - General Classification, Fitchburg Longsjo Classic"velonews.com July 2, 2001" (Fitchburg, MA) 10th - Twilight Criterium"velonews.com April 28, 2001" (Athens, GA) 4th - Stage 1, Grand Prix Feminin International du Québec"velonews.com August 23, 2001" (Québec) 9th - BMC Software Lance Armstrong Criterium"velonews.com April 7, 2001" (Austin, TX) 9th - BMC Software Tour of Arlington"cyclingnews.com/results July 1, 2001 (Arlington, MA) 4th - Overall, BMC Software Racing Series 37th - UCI Women’s Road World Cup, First Union Liberty"canadiancyclist.com/dailynews June 10, 2001" (Philadelphia, PA)
2002 1st - Canadian National Championship, Road, Criterium, Elite (Oxford County, ON) 1st - Valley of the Sun Stage Race, Criterium"dailypeloton.com/roadresults_Feb 2002" (Phoenix, AZ) 1st - Quad Cities, Criterium"Quad-Cities Online-May 27, 2018" (Davenport, IA) 2nd - Stage 3; 3rd - General Classification, Redlands Bicycle Classic"McGann Publishing's Bike Race Results 2002" (Redlands, CA) 3rd - Stage 2; 2nd - Stage 7, International Tour de Toona"velonews.com July 31, 2002""velonews.com August 4, 2002" (Altoona, PA) 45th - General Classification, HP International Women's Challenge"cyclingnews.com/results June 23, 2002" (Boise, ID)
2003 1st - Overall, BC Superweek"rds.ca July 29, 2003" (British Columbia, Canada) 3rd - Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix"pedalmag.com July 23, 2003" (Vancouver, BC) 5th - General Classification, Valley of the Sun Stage Race (Phoenix, AZ) 5th - General Classification, Joe Martin Stage Race (Fayetteville, AR) 12th - Wachovia Liberty Classic"velonews.com June 8, 2003" (Philadelphia, PA) 1st - Mercy Celebrity Classic Criterium (Fort Smith, AR) 50th - UCI Women’s Road World Cup, Grand-Prix de Plouay (Plouay, France)
2004 3rd - Stage 5; 4th - Stage 3; 9th - General Classification, Tour of the Gila (Silver City, NM) 1st - Stage 2; 5th - General Classification, Joe Martin Stage Race (Fayetteville, AR) 3rd - Stage 4; 2nd - Sprint Competition, Nature Valley Grand Prix (Minneapolis, MN) 1st - Twilight Circuit Race; 4th - Twilight Criterium (Athens, GA) 1st - Road Race; 1st - Criterium; 1st - General Classification, Mississippi Gran Prix"neworleansbicycleclub.org April 4, 2004" (Natchez, MS) 1st - Texas State Criterium Championships (Fort Worth, TX) 12th - Wachovia Liberty Classic"espn.com June 6, 2004" (Philadelphia, PA) 5th - Stage 4; 6th - General Classification, Fitchburg Longsjo Classic (Fitchburg, MA) 5th - Stage 2, International Tour de Toona (Altoona, PA) 1st - Stage 2; 2nd - Overall, International Cycling Classic - Superweek"cyclingnews.com July 2004" (Wisconsin) 1st - Stage 2; 1st - Stage 3; 2nd Overall, Gateway Cup (St. Louis, MO) 2nd - Stage 2; 3rd - Stage 3; 2nd - General Classification, Bermuda Grand Prix"canadiancyclist.com Sept 25, 2004"canadiancyclist.com Sept 26, 2004" (Bermuda) 3rd - Sprint Competition; 9th - Overall Competition, Women’s Prestige Cycling Series"dailypeloton.com Oct 20, 2004" 11th - Pursuit; 15th - Scratch Race; 19th - Points Race, UCI Track Cycling World Cup"cycling news.com Dec 12, 2004" (Los Angeles, CA)
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